The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America
The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America
Closed 2h 0m NYC: Soho/Tribeca
90% 9 reviews
90%
(9 Ratings)
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Ambitious, Relevant, Must see, Profound, Resonant

About the Show

This world premiere employs satirical visual art, performance, sound installation, and dance to explore the American notion of ‘Blackness.'

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Critic Reviews (5)

The New York Times
November 14th, 2019

"Learn. Laugh. Suffer. Move Along.: An immersive play crossed with an art installation offers sharp angles on race and white supremacy, but is dampened by didactism."
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AM New York
November 14th, 2019

"The production team may want to consider tightening the show...Some portions also become so didactic and aggressive in tone that it begins to feel like a work of propaganda. Nevertheless, 'The Black Museum' makes for a freewheeling, intelligent and provocative piece of theater."
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Lighting & Sound America
November 12th, 2019

"Overambitious, overlong, and sometimes awkwardly staged, 'The Black History Museum' is, nevertheless, packed with moments of revelation. At the very least, it reminds one of the richness and complexity of its subject; there's enough material here for hundreds of good plays."
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New York Theater
November 10th, 2019

Every inch of HERE Arts Center has been transformed in… an impressively ambitious collaborative effort ..Illuminating, depressing, enraging, amusing, inspiring…overwhelming….In its effort to be exhaustive, 'The Black History Museum' threatens to feel exhausting."
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Theatre's Leiter Side
November 13th, 2019

"Taken as a unified experience, the exhibit and performances…are profoundly informative and emotionally disturbing. Although there may simply be too much to absorb in so brief a time, the packaging is theatrically entertaining and well-produced."
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